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Thumb Ring

1800s–1900s
(1912-49)
white jade
Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.545
Location: not on view
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Description

Jade rings were worn by men on the thumb of the right hand to assist with holding and pulling the string of the archer’s bow. However, thumb rings were also fashionable accessories for civil officials in the late Qing dynasty.
Thumb Ring

Thumb Ring

1800s–1900s

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49)

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